1. [countable] a set of large folded sheets of printed paper containing news, articles, pictures, advertisements etc which is sold daily or weekly Synonym : paper: She had read about it in the newspaper. a series of newspaper articles about life in Cuba

REGISTERIn everyday English, people often say paper rather than newspaper:I saw an ad in the paper.

2. [uncountable] sheets of paper from old newspapers: Wrap the plates in newspaper to stop them from breaking. Bella laid the flowers out carefully on a sheet of newspaper.

3. [countable] a company that produces a newspaper: He works for a local newspaper.

read a newspaperWhich newspaper do you read?get a newspaper (=buy one regularly)We don’t get a newspaper; we tend to watch the news on TV.see/read something in the newspaperI saw in the newspaper that he had died.appear in a newspaperHer photo appeared in all the newspapers.a newspaper reports something (=has an article on something)The newspapers reported that the police were treating the death as a suicide.a national newspaperThe story was in all the national newspapers.a local newspaperThe store advertises in the local newspaper.a daily/weekly/Sunday newspaper (=one that is published every day/week/Sunday)Do you get a daily newspaper?a tabloid newspaper (=a small-sized newspaper, especially one with not much serious news)Their wedding made the headlines in all the tabloid newspapers.a quality newspaper British English (=a newspaper with a lot of serious news and good writing)The story has not been given as much coverage in the quality newspapers.a newspaper article/report/storyI read quite an interesting newspaper report on the war.a newspaper headline‘Wine is good for you’ announced a recent newspaper headline.a newspaper column (=a regular article in a newspaper written by a particular journalist)She writes a regular newspaper column about gardening.a newspaper clipping/cutting (=a story cut out of a newspaper)I found some old newspaper cuttings of the band's first concert in Liverpool.a newspaper reporterShe was fed up with being followed by newspaper reporters.a newspaper editorNewspaper editors have a lot of power.a newspaper proprietor British English (=owner)Ultimately, it’s the newspaper proprietor who decides what goes into the newspaper.